BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

ABC AEROLÍNEAS, S.A. de C.V.

d/b/a/ INTERJET

for an Exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

§ 40109 to engage in Scheduled Foreign Air

Transportation of Persons, Property, and Mail

(Houston-Mexico City)

Docket DOT-OST-2015-______

APPLICATION OF

ABC AEROLÍNEAS, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a INTERJET

FOR AN EXEMPTION

Communications concerning this document may be served upon:

Moffett B. Roller

ROLLER & BAUER, PLLC

Washington Dulles International Airport

45005 Aviation Drive, Suite 200

Dulles, VA 20166

Washington, D.C. 20036-6101

Tel: 202-331-3300

Fax: 202-331-3322

Attorneys for

ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet

March 13, 2015

NOTICE: Answers to this Application are due March 30, 2015. Interjet is,

however, requesting expedited consideration of this Application. Interjet will poll

the U.S. carrier representatives served with this Application and notify the

Department promptly of the results of the poll.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

ABC AEROLÍNEAS, S.A. de C.V.

d/b/a/ INTERJET

for an Exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

§ 40109 to engage in Scheduled Foreign Air

Transportation of Persons, Property, and Mail

(Houston-Mexico City)

Docket DOT-OST-2015-______

APPLICATION OF

ABC AEROLÍNEAS, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a INTERJET

FOR AN EXEMPTION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §40109, ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a

Interjet, hereby applies for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41302 in order to

engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail

between Houston, Texas, and Mexico City, Mexico.

Interjet seeks this authority based on the recent understanding reached by

the Department of Transportation and the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil

(DGAC) of Mexico under which each agency agreed to authorize, on the basis of

comity and reciprocity, an additional carrier from the other country to operate

between Houston, Texas, and certain points in Mexico. Apart from this

understanding, the current U.S.-Mexico Air Transport Agreement, which remains

effective through the end of 2015, would limit each side to designating two

carriers between Houston and Mexico City.
Application of ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., Page 2

d/b/a Interjet, for an Exemption

1/ Notice of Action Taken, issued March 10, 2014, DOT-OST-2014-0222,

granting Southwest Airlines an exemption to operate “between Houston, Texas, on the

one hand, and (1) Mexico City, Mexico; and (2) San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, on the other

hand,” through January 17, 2016.

In accordance with this recent agreement, the United States issued a

Notice of Action Taken on March 10, 2015, that granted Southwest Airlines an

exemption on the basis of comity and reciprocity to operate as the third U.S.

carrier between Houston and Mexico City and as the fourth U.S. carrier between

Houston and San Jose del Cabo.1/

Interjet in turn hereby seeks an exemption on the basis of comity and

reciprocity for authority to operate as the third Mexican carrier between Houston

and Mexico City in addition to the two Mexican carriers that Mexico has already

designated on that city-pair. On March 12, 2015, the DGAC of Mexico issued an

authorization to Interjet, effective for an indefinite period, to operate on the

Mexico City - Houston route. A copy of this authorization and an English

translation are attached as Exhibit 1.

Interjet plans to introduce service on this route in May 2015 and therefore

requests expedited approval of this Application in order to commence marketing

of this important new service at the earliest possible date. Interjet will poll the

parties on the attached Service List and will report the results of its poll to the

Department.

Interjet was established in March of 2005 and began domestic Mexican

operations in December of 2005 with a fleet of A320 aircraft. The Department
Application of ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., Page 3

d/b/a Interjet, for an Exemption

issued Interjet a foreign air carrier permit in October of 2008 that authorized

Interjet to conduct charter and specified scheduled operations between the U.S.

and Mexico. DOT Order 2008-10-30, October 30, 2008. Since its founding

Interjet has developed into a major Mexican airline. Today Interjet serves a

broad network of scheduled routes within Mexico and a growing number of

routes between the United States and Mexico.

Approval of this Application is in the public interest because it enables

Interjet to provide additional capacity and competition on the important route

between Houston and Mexico City. Approval also gives effect to the recent

agreement between DOT and the DGAC with respect to the U.S. and the

Mexican carriers that can be authorized to serve the Houston - Mexico City

market for the remainder of 2015.

This Application raises no environmental or energy issues. Interjet’s

aircraft meet all applicable noise requirements. Similarly, approval of this

Application will not result in a near-term increase in fuel consumption of ten

million gallons or more.
Application of ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., Page 4

d/b/a Interjet, for an Exemption

Conclusion

For the foregoing reasons, the Department of Transportation should issue

an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41302 to ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a

Interjet, in order to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons,

property, and mail between Mexico City, Mexico, and Houston, Texas.

Respectfully submitted,

Roller & Bauer, PLLC

Attorneys for

ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet

By: ___________________________

Moffett B. Roller

March 13, 2015
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 13th day of March, 2015, I served a copy of the

foregoing Application for Exemption by email upon the parties listed below.

________________

Moffett B. Roller

Daniel A. Weiss United Air Lines dan.weiss@united.com

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden SkyWest gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Robert Kneisley

Leslie Abbott Southwest Airways bob.kneisley@wnco.com

leslie.abbott@wnco.com

Stephen Cristina US State Department cristinasa@state.gov

John Duncan FAA Flight Standards john.s.duncan@faa.gov
Exhibit 1

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Exhibit 1

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SCT DEPUTY SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary of Communications Director General of Civil Aeronautic

and Transportation Deputy Director General of Transportation and Aeronautical Control

Deputy Director of Regular Aviation

4.1.5.0.4.1.- 381

V.S. 426/15.

Mexico, D.F., March 12, 2015

ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V.

Calle Ignacio Longares No. 102, Lote 2, Mz. 2

Col. Parque Industrial Exportec 1,

C.P. 50200, Toluca Edo. De Mexico.

Ref.: Unilateral temporary authorization

to operate route.

I refer to your communication of March 10, 2015 through which the above company,

currently holding Concession to provide Domestic Regular Public Transportation of

Passengers, Cargo and Mail, TAN-OR-ACO, requests this office to issue a unilateral

temporary authorization to conduct regular operations in the route listed below:

México – Houston – México

Up to 14 frequencies per week.

Accordingly, you are informed that in accordance with the provisions of articles 1, 4, 6,

sections XII, XVI, last paragraph, 20, sections I, II, IV and V of the Civil Aviation Law;

1, 4 of the Civil Aviation Law Regulation; 21, section VI and next to last paragraph,

Department of Communications and Transportation Rules and Regulations, and

according to public interest; this office of the Director General of Civil Aeronautics,

authorizes ABC Aerolineas, S.A. de C.V., to conduct on a temporary basis, regular

operations on the above listed routes and weekly frequencies as described above.

The term of this authorization is one year, effective 15 March 2015 (expiring 14 March

2016). This authorization is issued on a unilateral and temporary basis, and pursuant to

the principle of reciprocity. ABC Aerolineas, S.A. de C.V., must therefore obtain the

corresponding authorization from the Government of the United States of America before

it starts operating the above route.

*****

Blvd. Adolfo López Mateos No. 1990, Col. Los Alpes Tlacopac, Delegación Alvaro Obregón, México D.F., C.P. 01010

Tel. (55) 5723 9300 www.sct.gob.mx

Exhibit 1

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SCT

Office of the Secretary of Communications - 2

and Transportation

4.1.5.0.4.1.-

V.S. 426/15.

*****

We also advise you that this written petition does not constitute the right or precedent for

future petitions of this nature. The Office of the Director General of Civil Aeronautics

reserves the right, at its discretion, to maintain and or/revoke this authorization, even

before the expiration date, and this authorization does not in anyway become part of the

Concession Title TAN-OR-ACO.

Pursuant to the current Law of Federal Rights, article 159, section III, the above

referenced company paid a total amount of $1,441.00 (One Thousand four hundred forty

and one pesos 00/100 National Currency) in filing and processing fees for this

authorization.

This document supersedes and/or cancels document 4.1.5.0.4.1.-377 (V.S.: 409/15), dated

11 March, 2015.

Yours sincerely,

The Director General of Civil Aeronautics

[Signature]

P.A. Gilberto López Meyer

c.c.p. Deputy Director General of Aviation Safety.- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Director of Aviation .- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Director of Strategic Development.- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Director General of Technology.- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Director Air Transportation Tariff.- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Deputy Director for International Agreements.- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Mexican Aviation Records.- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Secretary of National Air Transportation.- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Office for Insurance.- Building.- Present

c.c.p. Port Director of the International Airport of City of Mexico, D.F.- Present

c.c.p. SENEAM.- 602 Av, No.161, Federal Zone AICM, C.P. 15620, Mexico, D.F.- Present

EAZV/IVB/RLA

(Aut-USA)

Blvd. Adolfo López Mateos No. 1990, Col. Los Alpes Tlacopac, Delegación Alvaro Obregón, México D.F., C.P. 01010

Tel. (55) 5723 9300 www.sct.gob.mx

Exhibit 1

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